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Patented Apr. I8, I899.

C. JONES.

WINDING FRAME. (Application filed Oct: 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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COREY JONES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 623,404, dated April 18,1899.

Application filed October 4,1898. Serial No. 692,592. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it rncty concern:

Be it known that I, COREY JoNEs, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing in the city of New York, (Long Island City,) boroughof Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Winding-Frames, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to silk winding frames in which the quills areheld in position by cones and the spindles are removably connected withthe driving mechanism.

The object of the inventionis to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in windingframes whereby the quill and the fillingdisconnect automatically the spindle from the rotating well to permit aconvenient removal of the quill and spindle from the machine withoutdanger of entangling the silk, the improvement also permitting ofreplacing the quill-spindle with an empty quill and of connectingautomatically the spindle with the driving mechanism.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of theimprovement with the well anddriving-pulley in section. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with thequill filled and the quill-spindle disconnected from the well, and Fig.3 is a transverse section of the improvement on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The winding-frame is provided with a lower rail A and an upper rail 13,on which latter are mounted to turn loosely sets of cones O forsupporting the quill D, on which the silk E is to be wound, the silkpassing to the quill between two of the cones. The quillD is heldloosely on a spindle F, provided near its upper end with a transversepin F for engaging a transverse slot D, formed in the top of the quillto rotate the latter when the spindle is rotated to wind up the silk onthe quill in the usual manner. As is well known, the quill D, with thespindle F, rises on the cones 0 upon filling the quill with silk orother yarn to be wound.

The lower end F of the spindle F is made rectangular in cross-sectionand is adapted to engage the movable section or top G of a well G,mounted to turn on a suitable pin or other bearing H, carried on thelower rail A. On the lower end of the well G is secured or formed apulley I, connected by a cord or belt with a driving-drum to impartacontinuously-rotating movement to the pulley on the well. The section Gof the well G is made tubular in its lower port-ion, and the top thereofis formed with a rectangular central opening G for receiving the lowercorrespondingly-shaped end F of the spindle F. (See Fig. 1.) The topsurface of the head of the section G is concaved, as at G to readilyguide the extreme lower end of the spindle F to the opening G uponplacing an empty quill and its spindle on the machine previously towinding the silk on the quill.

The section G is provided in the side of its tubular lower end with anopening G having beveled sides adapted to be engaged by a pin J, securedto the upper end of the well, so that the rotary motion of the latter istrans mitted to the section G, and when the lower end F of the spindleengages said section, as shown in Fig. 1, then the section G travels upin the well owing to the resistance of the cones 0 given to the quill Dupon rotating the latter, so that the section G during the winding ofthe silk on the quill remains in an uppermost position.

It is evident that as the quill fills with silk or other yarn it riseson the cones O and carries the spindle F along, so that finally thelower end of the spindle moves out of engagement with the section G, andthe moment this takes place the section G drops by its own weight backinto its former position, as shown in Fig. 2, the head of the sectionresting upon the upper end of the well. It is also evident that theextreme lower end or bottom of the spindle F is a considerable distanceaway from the top surface of the section G, and consequently there is nodanger whatever of further driving of the spindle and quill after thequill is filled. ator can now conveniently remove the spindle with thefilled quill from the machine The operand remove the quill from thespindle and place an empty quill on said spindle. The spindle with theempty quill is now replaced on the n1achinethat is, the quill is seatedon the cones and the lower end of the spindle drops into the concavedface of the section G, to be readily guided into the opening G withoutrequiring the operator to manipulate the spindle to pass it into thewell-opening, as was necessary heretofore in wells not having a movablesection with a concaved top face.

As soon as the lower end of the spindle engages the section G the saidsection slides into an uppermost position, as shown in Fig. 1 and aspreviously explained, and the rotary motion of the well is transmittedto the spindle and the quill, and winding of the silk on the quill cannow begin.

The opening or recess G is preferably provided with two beveled sidewalls, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that the section will move upwardeasily no matter in which direction the well G is rotated.

Having thus fully described my in vention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A winding-frame provided with a wellcomprising a section mounted to turn, and a section mounted to slide inthe first-mentioned section, the said sliding section being arranged forengagement with a quill-spindle, a projection on one of said sectionsand an inclined surface on the other section adapted to be engaged bythe projection, substantially as shown and described.

2. A winding-frame, provided with a well comprising a section mounted toturn, and a section mounted to slide in the upper part of thefirst-mentioned section, the said sliding section being formed with ahead at its upper end,the said section being formed with a centralopening for engagement with a quillspindle, and a pin on one of saidsections engaging a recess or groove in the other section, the saidrecess having beveled side walls',substantially as shown and described.

3. A winding-fran1e, provided with a well mounted to turn and connectedwith a driving mechanism, a section fitted to slide in the upper end ofthe well and adapted to connect with a quill-spindle,said section beingform ed in its side with an inclined wall, and a pin carried by the welland engaging said inclinedwall, substantially as shown and described.

l- A winding-frame, comprising a setof cones for supporting a quill, aspindle engaging said quill, a well mounted to turn and connected with adriving mechanism, a section having a sliding movement in said well,said section being formed in its side with a recess having an inclinedwall and a pin carried by the well and engaging said inclined wall, thesaid section being formed with a central opening to receive the end ofthe spindle, and the top face of the said section being concave to guidethe end of the spindle to the opening, substantially as shown anddescribed.

CORRY JONES.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BOLTON lVIARSHALL.

